Aug. 29, 21: AutomaticWin, Short Walk, Oculus, School Work, and Ga...

Today was a bit of a mixed bag. Slept nine to five, but I kept waking up in pain, so it wasn’t a very good night’s sleep and FitBit agreed that I was an hour short. I’m nearly positive that it’s musculoskeletal…I think I pulled a rib muscle or two either when I was cleaning out the garage and/or when I coughed too hard. Still, need to do better with quitting smoking.

Despite the pain and Wenche going to work, it was Sunday, so I went out to take the doggies for a walk.

Definitely weather that I like, super summertime! The dogs, on the other hand were panting and walking slow and pulling to shade and licking the wet grass. It was clear they weren’t enjoying it really, so I cut it short and finished the #AutomaticWin in the cool of the air conditioner.

It’s not that it was all that hot temperature-wise, but the humidity made the air thick and heavy. Plus, the mosquitoes were just insane!!

I’d started earlier in the week, but then procrastinated so it was time to focus and finish up preparing for the semester starting tomorrow (likely the cause of my injury - stress = cortisol = not good). Anyway, spent the rest of the afternoon (other than when I took a break to play some Yuki on the Oculus) getting my planning all fixed and the dates properly set in the calendar and on WebAssign and then posted up an announcement for both classes to get them started.

Not too bad, actually a day early, so I’m feeling pretty good about it (at least that’s what I’m telling myself)…not sure why, after years and years of teaching I still get nervous? 🤷 I think traffic and the possibility that my keycard won’t work are the two things that are stressing me out the most…cross those bridges when we come to them.

Already had several student join the Discord, so that’s good that they’re being proactive for the most part, and hopefully it makes them feel a little more confident about coming back as well…basically already got communication and homework set up (although only one student has registered for the homework in each class so far - but that’s not bad considering the class hasn’t even started)!

Still wicked stuck on the website…but I was thinking about it and realized that all the games we have on this chain that purport to be “NFTs” aren’t at all! If you give me a maxed Splinterlands card, and I give you a maxed card of the same type, nothing has changed! They’re completely fungible!!! Sure, they each have a unique (random) ID, but so does every dollar bill, doesn’t make them not fungible. Same for Rising Star, same for CryptoBrewmaster…the only thing unique about the “cards” is their ID (which is generally meaningless).

Had some Braunschweiger and bread for dinner, paced some laps while I played Splinterlands, but didn’t really feel like going for the #DoubleDay today.

Wenche worked later than she was scheduled, so I got ready for bed, but then watched a little TV when she came home. Fell asleep before long, though.

Well, dShitty always finds a way to disappoint. Today it’s crime in general, because it’s always fun to get less than you should for the sake of a token that never seems to rise significantly in value…

Went in to CryptoBrewmaster a couple times today. Got a yeast and a water collected. It’s usually the water that holds me up, so hopefully get some bittering hops here in the next day or so and get a brew going.

I focused primarily on lessons in Rising Star today. My Ego was up around twenty percent, so really needed to get it under control. But, as a result, didn’t earn that much Starbits today. Still not really progressing much, though…might be too far behind to begin with.

Played a lot of Splinterlands today (more than I wanted to, for sure)! I debated hard with myself since we’re right down to the wire in the season and I didn’t really want to risk it being just slightly into Diamond. I just couldn’t pass up the daily quest. 😡

Of course, I did lose back into Gold and struggled to win with Water, but I fought my way back and got the quest done. Definitely leaving it alone for today, though!